DENUDE


Meaning of DENUDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪnju:d, AM -nu:d ]

( denudes, denuding, denuded)

1.

To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it. ( FORMAL )

Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest...

VERB : V n

2.

To denude someone or something of a particular thing means to take it away from them. ( FORMAL )

The Embassy is now denuded of all foreign and local staff...

= divest

VERB : V n of n

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